Voice of He-Man, Morris the Cat, John Erwin Lifeless at 88

John Erwin, the voice of a number of well-known TV characters from the Nineteen Sixties by the ’80s … together with He-Man and Morris The Cat … has died, TMZ has realized.

Erwin’s rep tells TMZ John handed away from pure causes on December 20, 2024, in his California house … however the data is simply popping out now.

John was from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and spent most of his profession in voice work for animation roles. He voiced the character Reggie Mantle on “The Archie Present” within the late ’60s.

He appeared onscreen in a number of episodes of the Clint Eastwood TV present “Rawhide.” However he is in all probability finest acknowledged because the voice of the character He-Man, and Prince Adam, in addition to the villain Beast Man, on the Eighties cartoon “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.” He did promoting work as effectively, articulating the voice of Morris the Cat for 9Lives cat meals commercials.

He voiced a He-Man return look on the animated present “Household Man” in 2005.

Melendy Britt, the voice of animated hero She-Ra on the present “She Ra: Princess of Energy,” a crossover cartoon sharing characters with He-Man, labored with Erwin, and tells TMZ … “It is onerous to just accept he’s gone. Except for being a artistic lovely human being and a loyal pal, for 40 years we shared our affection portraying twin brother and sister within the He-Man and She-Ra animation sequence.”

Erwin was 88.